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Rapid One-step Enzymatic Synthesis and All-aqueous Purification of Trehalose Analogues
Published on: February 17, 2017
Reaction Mechanism of a New Glycosyltrehalose-producing Enzyme Isolated from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeum,
1a Applied Bioresearch Center , Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. , 3 Mivaharacho, Takasakishi, Gunma 370-12 , Japan.
Abstract:
An amylolytic activity, which converts soluble starch to α,α-trehalose (trehalose), was found in the cell homogenate of the hyperthermophilic, acidophilic archaeum Sulfolobus solfataricus KM1. Two enzymes, a glycosyltransferase and an amylase, which are essential for this activity, were purified to homogeneity. A glycosyltransferase catalyzed the conversion of maltooligosaccharides to glycosyltrehaloses. Based on a detailed analysis of the reaction products, kinetic parameters, and an experiment using (3)H-labeled substrates, it was verified that glycosyltransferase transferred an oligomer segment of maltooligosaccharide to the Cl-OH position of glucose, located at the reducing end of the maltooligosaccharide, to produce a glycosyltrehalose having an α-1,1 linkage. The reaction appears to be intramolecular. Nine strains of the Sulfolobaceae family were found to have glycosyltransferases.
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